(n.) The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction.
(n.) That which forms an additional length.
Example Sentences:
(1) Without medication atypical ventricular tachycardia develops, in the author's opinion, most probably when bradycardia has persisted for a prolonged period.
(2) Disease stabilisation was associated with prolonged periods of comparatively high plasma levels of drug, which appeared to be determined primarily by reduced drug clearance.
(3) In Patient 2 they were at first paroxysmal and unformed, with more prolonged metamorphopsia; later there appeared to be palinoptic formed images, possibly postictal in nature.
(4) Morphological alterations in the lungs of pheasants after prolonged high-dosage administration of bleomycin sulfate were studied by light and electron microscopy.
(5) Graft life is even more prolonged with patch angioplasty at venous outflow stenoses or by adding a new segment of PTFE to bypass areas of venous stenosis.
(6) We evaluated the circadian pattern of gastric acidity by prolonged intraluminal pHmetry in 15 "responder" and 10 "nonresponder" duodenal ulcer patients after nocturnal administration of placebo, ranitidine, and famotidine.
(7) As prolongation of the action potential by TEA facilitates preferentially the hormone release evoked by low (ineffective) frequencies, it is suggested that a frequency-dependent broadening of action potentials which reportedly occurs on neurosecretory neurones may play an important role in the frequency-dependent facilitation of hormone release from the rat neurohypophysis.
(8) Prolonged immobilization was accompanied by a decrease in Ca-concentration dependence of Ca2+ uptake.
(9) Defibrotide prevents the dramatic fall of creatine phosphokinase activity in the ischemic ventricle: metabolic changes which reflect changes in the cells affected by prolonged ischemia.
(10) With prolonged ischemia, it is only transient and is followed by a gradual loss of the adenylyl cyclase activity.
(11) The authors conclude that H. pylori alone causes little or no effect on an intact gastric mucosa in the rat, that either intact organisms or bacteria-free filtrates cause similar prolongation and delayed healing of pre-existing ulcers with active chronic inflammation, and that the presence of predisposing factors leading to disruption of gastric mucosal integrity may be required for the H. pylori enhancement of inflammation and tissue damage in the stomach.
(12) The mechanism by which gp55 causes increased erythroblastosis and ultimately leukaemia is unknown, but a reasonable suggestion is that gp55 can mimic the action of erythropoietin by binding to its receptor (Epo-R), thereby triggering prolonged proliferation of erythroid cells.
(13) This condition may be caused by the prolonged, repetitive elevations of gonadal steroids and other hormones known to suppress gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion that are elicited by their daily exercise.
(14) There was no correlation between disturbed gastric clearance, impaired gall bladder contraction, and prolonged colonic transit time in the patients with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy nor was there a correlation between any disturbed motor function and age or duration of diabetes.
(15) Attempts were made to prolong the survival of the grafts by the use of cytotosine arabinoside, methylprednisolone, heparin and azathioprine.
(16) Because of these different direct and indirect actions, a sudden cessation of sinus node activity or sudden AV block may result in the diseased heart in a prolonged and even fatal cardiac standstill, especially if the tolerance to ischemia of other organs (notably the brain) is decreased.
(17) The 14-fold increase in prolonged apnea frequency immediately following regurgitation supports the hypothesis for a causal relationship between apnea and regurgitation.
(18) Chromatolysis and swelling of the cell bodies of cut axons are more prolonged than after optic nerve section and resolve in more central regions of retina first.
(19) Cryopreserved autologous blood cells may thus restore some patients with CGL in transformation to chronic-phase disease and so may help to prolong life.
(20) Heparin prolonged by 15 s and 45 s the time required to demonstrate Factor V activation in CAP supplemented with Factor Xa and thrombin respectively.
Snout
Definition:
(n.) The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
(n.) The nose of a man; -- in contempt.
(n.) The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
(n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum.
(n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.
(v. t.) To furnish with a nozzle or point.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results show that proteins whose size, charge, and biochemical behavior are very similar to those of desmoplakin I and band 5 protein of cow snout epidermis are present in all desmosomes examined.
(2) The broadcasting regulator received 122 complaints from viewers concerned that it appeared that Wendy had a mechanical device covering her snout to make her “talk”, and that caused the animal distress.
(3) Receptor threshold was best measured not in air but with the snout immersed in tap water.
(4) A polypeptide of identical molecular mass (Mr 83,000) and charge to desmosomal plakoglobin from bovine snout epidermis was identified in soluble and pelletable fractions from diverse tissues and cells of different mammalian species, including cells and tissues devoid of desmosomes (e.g.
(5) Thus, the pattern of sensory innervation in the glabrous rat snout skin is similar to that found in other furred species described to date, but in addition, the sensory innervation of ridged skin in the rat also resembles that of epidermis organized into rete pegs.
(6) While all three were considered effective for symptom relief, there was a clear preference for both of the new longer, snout-like nozzle adapters over the currently available delivery system.
(7) In other words, it can be said that the minor reflexive movements of the jaw might have been controlled by the sensory inputs coming from the snout sensory receptor organs.
(8) Behavioral arousal evoked by lightly touching the fish on the snout or over the eye resembled spontaneous arousal observed in the field and consisted of eye withdrawal, fin erection, and attempted swimming.
(9) When the snout was uncovered a lamb in good condition drew its first breath and the spreading of the contrast material into the peripheral parts of the lungs was almost explosive.
(10) The difference in the two established outlines of the snout represented the changes in size and shape in two dimensions that had occurred during the 10 weeks period.
(11) Epidermal explants from the snout region of 12.5- to 13-day embryos were grown in culture for periods of up to 2 weeks.
(12) When euthanized 15 days after the last DNT administration no snout lesions were found in passively immunized piglets, whereas control animals showed severe turbinate atrophy and other changes typical for atrophic rhinitis.
(13) Many showed the following aberrant neurological signs: Pallaesthesia and dermolexia were extinct in the lower extremities; the ankle jerks could not be elicited; the palmomental, orbicularis oris reflex, grasping and the snout reflexes were positive; there was a hypokinetic-hypertonic motor syndrome.
(14) Quantitative DNA cytophotometric investigations were performed to clarify some aspects of the differentiation and fate of nuclei in bovine snout and human epidermis representing various sites and different degrees of keratinization.
(15) The behavior categories included grooming, yawning, turning, nodding and gnawing, as well as snout contact and nonsnout contact variants of locomoting, rearing and sitting.
(16) Among five efts of the smallest size (26.54 plus or minus 2.20 mm snout-to-vent length), and displaying bright orange dorsal skin coloration, all carpal rudiments were cartilaginous.
(17) After movements along these two dimensions increase in amplitude and involve the whole body, vertical (dorsal-ventral) head scans with snout contact (along vertical surfaces) typically appear, and increase gradually in amplitude.
(18) Separate dorsal, lateral and ventral cartilages and fenestrations in the septal cartilage permit snout flexibility.
(19) Absence of snout contact was induced by placement of the rat on a square elevated platform.
(20) At slaughter, individual pig lungs and snout were examined for lesions of pneumonia and atrophic rhinitis, respectively.